Rustamyan: Talk in Paris May Be Very Short

PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's lack of will to compromise over core issues constantly hampers progress at Karabakh talks. In the words of Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Commission on Foreign Relations Armen Rustamyan, if Baku wants a settlement, it should remember that the issue can be solved only when its cause is eliminated. «The priority issue of the settlement is determination of the internationally recognized political status of the NKR,» he said.



«We insist on unconditional right of Nagorno Karabakh to self-determination. NK has never been part of independent Azerbaijan, while after the collapse of the USSR in compliance with international legal norms and the Union legislation NK exercised its self-determination right equal to Azerbaijan. This resulted in appearance of two equal sovereign states in the territory of former Azeri SSR,» the MP said. «If Aliyev has his will in Paris and refuses from compromise in this core issue, the talk will be very short,» Rustamyan said, reported De-Facto.